Dynamics and rheology of biaxial liquid crystal polymers in shear flows

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 819-858

  Sircar, Sarthok ^a   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biaxial Liquid Crystal Polymers; Chaos; Dynamics; Rheology; Shear Flows; Steady States

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; CHAOS; CHAOTIC MOTIONS; ELLIPSOIDAL MOLECULES; FLOW-ALIGNING; GALERKIN SPECTRAL METHOD; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; LOG-ROLLING; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MESOSCOPIC SYSTEMS; NEMATODYNAMICS; NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE; OUT-OF-PLANE; PERIODIC MOTION; SHEAR RATES; SHEAR THINNING; SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATION; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATES; TIME-DEPENDENT; VISCOUS SOLVENTS;

DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; METAL CLADDING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 67651232750     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3143788     Document Type: Article

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